Egg-separator.



M. Bum-TESTER EGG SEPARATOR. KYPLIGATION FILED 1AN.6,1910.

Patented May 3, 1910.

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EGG SEPABATOB.

APPLICATION rum; JAN.6. 1910.

Patented May 3,1910.

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[nvennfor fifarfin Burrmeizier "orney" MAB-TIN BURBMEISTER. OF \X 'ORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS;

EGG-SEPARA'IOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 6, 1910.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LEI \nrtx Bt'ItKMEISTER. a subject of the Emperor of tlcrmany.residing at 'orct-stcr.

in the county of \l'orrt-slt't'. State of .\l: '.-':llili.-ull hawilifl'tilml a certain new and useful improvement in Egg-Scpzilalfltfi, of which the following is a specification. reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings This invention relates to kitchen articl but more particularly to devices for separatingcggs.

It frequently necessary in cocking to separatethe yolk and the white of eggs. and the methods heretofore used have required a considerable expenditure of time as well as skill to do this icrk.

The object of this invention is to provide a. device which will Hit-filial]lt'dll} cicnt'ly perform this operation without requiring any skill on the part, of the operator.

The operation of this device depends on the fact that the yolk of an egg in globular form while the white is free. run

and Ltliway is provided in which there is a gate;

which obstructs the passage. of the yolk until the white has run to the lower end of a rocking platform. As the weight or the while of the egg causes this platform to rock, the gate is raised by an attachm nt onnecting the platforn'i with the gate. and the yolk is allowed to slide downward and thop into a passage which has been uncoverml by the rising of the upper end of the platform. In the passage into which the yolk drops is a spring controlled swinging vessel which I receives and is swung down by the. weightof the same. This v s el operates a gate in the vessel into which the white of the egg has emptied and allows the white to pass into a retainer.

The device is so onstructed thata pntreii -d egg is eparatcd lrpn the fresh eggs. llns depends on the lm'l that the yolk and the white in Mll'l] an egg are mixed. When this egg is broken, the whole mass goes onto the rocking platl'orm as does only the white in a fresh egg. The plat,- form tips as before, allowing the mass to empty into the vessel which normally receives the white, but the gate in this. \cssel remains closed as no yolk drops into the other passage to open it, and the platform rocks back to its normal position. In doing I; l l l l l i I 'fnl'llit'l to allow the bracin' -rods Patented May 3, 1910. Serial No. 536.675.

A feature of the device a cutter beside passage into which the gate which halts the yolk on the run way. 5 This is used to separate the white'from the yolk when necessary.

One embodiment of this invention is shown in the drawings in which Figure l is a front elevation of the invention complete. Fig. 2, a section on the line Q--2 of Fig. 1. Parts in normal position. Fig: 13, same as Fig. '2. Parts in position of di chargc.

in the drawings the device is shown to consht of a container 5 provided with a handle 6. To the top of this handle 6 is set-art-tl a ran way 7 by means of the pin 8. run way is deta h d from the container by witlnlrawing the pin 8 and raising the a to slide out of the sockets 10. Extendin across this 75 run wa is a swinging gate 11 which is hinged on the pin 1;. liedde this gate is a cutter 1J5 pivoted at 14. the object of which will be fully dcwiibcd hereinafter.

Xear the bottom of the run way is pivoted the rot-king platform 15, a portion of which rests upon the lower portion of the run way and t ts the inner surface thereof. This platform like the run way, is pro- Yidud with retaining walls for the purpose which will be shown hereinafter. Across the lower end ot the platform extends another wall count-Ming the side retaining wall The upper (\lQ'i" of the rocking platform 15 is coniiw'h-(l to the gate 11 by a. liiilf l lieneath the lower extremity of the platform 1.) is a Vessel 17 which is secured to the wall of the container In the bottom of ills Vc-3 cl is a pas age 18 which is covcrud by a gate 19. Near the opposite side of the container is pivoted the swinging vesscl 2t) hy means of the pivot. pin 21. This \'L il is directly heneath the openin 22 in the rim way which opening is norma y covered by the upper portion of the rocking platform. This vessel 20 is controlled by lllt' spring 23 to cause it to normally rest. in

It is connected to the gate 19 by a link 24 in such a manner that; the swinging downward of the vessel causes the gate to be raised and to uncover the passage 18. In the rear portion of the tit) vessel 17 is another passage '25. hen the platform 1.) rocks downward, it. forms a gate across the vessel and prevents any of the contents of the vessel from flowing into this passage. The contents of the container is emptied by a iasr'ag it; in the bottom thereof, and this is normally closed by the pivoted gate 27 which is locked by the snap catch 28.

The operation of the device is as follows;-An egg is broken and the entire .:on-

tents are emptied into the upper portion of the run way T and the mass tlows down the same until it encounters the gate 11 where the yolk is halted because of its globular form, but the white, being free, passes under the gate onto the rocking platform 15 and down to the lower extremity of the same where it is halted by the cross wall. The weight of the white of the egg then causes the lower extremity of this platform to swing downward until it strikes the base of the vessel 17 and the contents is emptied therein. As the platforaiswings downward,

the linklti causes the gate ll to swing upward, releasing the yolk of the egg and allowing it to slide downward and drop into the vessel 20, which by the weight thereof, is then swung down and the yolk allowed to drop to the bottom of the container 5. As the vessel 20 swings down, the link 21 causes the gate 11) to be raised and allows the white of the to llow into the passage 18. As soon as the yolk is emptied from the vessel 20, the spring 233 causes this vessel to return to its normal position and closes the gate 11). When a putrelicd egg is emptied on the run way T, the whole ma s tlows under the gate 11, as the yolk is not in globular form, and this mass is emptied into the vessel 17 as was the white of the egg in the above description.

platform swings upward, uncovering passage 25. As no yolk has dropped into the vessel 20, the gate It has not been raia-d to release the mass into the passage 18, so thatitv llows into the passage 25.

in the separator shown in the drawings,

the white is carried out, by the passage 15 I and emptied into a vessel which may he placed thereunder, the yolk is deposited in the bottom of the. container, and the putrclied eggs are emptied by the passage 25 into another vessel which may be placed under,

the same to receive them.

It may readily be seen that a great nuin- 1 her of other modifications of the device might be constructed without departing from the principle of the invention and the. inventor does not limit himself to any particular embodiment of this principle.

What; I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent; is:-

l. A device of the class described, conii\s soon as the mass has entirely emptied therein, the

prising an inclined ran way to receive the t contents of an egg. a gate extending laterally t of said run way to separate the yolk from t the white of the egg. and means for con- I? ducting the separated parts into ditl'erent receivers.

l 2. A device of the class described, comprising an inclined run way to receive the contents of an egg, a gate extending laterally of said run way constructed to obstruct the yolk of the egg but allow the white to How 5 past, means for receiving the white, means for emptying this white into a receptacle, and means for releasing the yoll; and conducting it into a second receptacle.

2 A device of the class described, comprising an inclined run way tovreceive the contents of an egg, a gate extending laterally of said run way constructed to obstruct the yolk but to allow the white to How past, a. rocking platform coir-tructcd to receive the white of the egg and to he rocked by the weight of the same to dis harge its contents, 5 and means connecting this platform with the gate whereby the rocking"if the former raises the latter and allows the yolk to pass into a receptacle.

l. A device of the cl ss described, comprising an inclined run way to receive the contents of an egg, a gate extending laterally of said run way constructed to ub lrllCL the passage in the run way of the yolk of the egg but to allow the white to llow past, a. rocking platform constructed to receive the white of the egg and to be rotated by the weight of the same, a receiving vessel under said platform, means connecting this platform with the gate whereby the rotating of the former raises the latter and allows the yolk to pass into a yolk receptacle, said yolk receptacle being movahly mounted so that the weight of the yolk causes it to swing downward to discharge its contents, and means connecting this vessel with a. gate in the vessel whereby the swing of the yolk receptacle raises this gate and allows the white of the egg to pass out, of the tirst vessol into a white receptacle.

5. A device 'of the class described, comprising an inclined run way to receive the c ntents of an egg, a gate extending laterally of said run way constructed to obstruct the passage in the run way of the yolk of the egg but to allow the white to How past, a. rocking platform constructed to receive the white of the egg and to be rotated by the weight of the same, a receiving vessel under said platform, a link c nnecting this platform with the gate. whereby the rotating of i the former raises the latter and allows the I yolk to pass into a yolk receptacle, said yolk receptacle being so mounted that, the weight;

of the yolk causes it. to swing don nward to discharge its contents, means for returning l this yolk receptacle to its normal position i l l i l I i i l i after disoharge, and a link connecting this receptacle with a gate in the \'(3$ el whereby swinging of the receptacle raises this gate and allows the white of the egg 111 the vessel to pass into a white receptacle.

6. A device of the class described, comprising an inclined run way to receive the contents of an egg, a rocking platform adjacent to the lower end of this 'run way to receive said contents from the run way and l he rotated by the weight thereof, a receiving 5 vessel under said platform, and an outlet in cilifii vessel closed by the downward swing of the platform but normallv open.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature 5 MARTIN BURRMEISTER. \Vitnesses IiAR'l'LI-ZY W. BARTLETT,

in presence of two witnesses.

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